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From May 18–21, the 3rd GenEvo PhD cohort participated in the Spring School at Burg Ebernburg in Bad Münster am Stein.

During the workshop, the students developed collaborative research proposals and presented their project ideas to the GenEvo PIs. The training on proposal writing and presentation skills was led by Dr. Christina Schütte (ProSciencia).

Congratulations to the winning teams:

  • Best overall and best proposal 
    Mohd Aaquib, Uthara Srinivasan & Lisa Fol
    “The impact of fluctuating environmental regimes on the adaptive transgenerational RNAi inheritance in C. elegans
  • Best project-pitch
    Beka Chitadze, Lotta Wagner & Ethan Reece
    “Communication problems? Understanding cross-species interactions using the extracellular vesicle membrane proteome.”

We thank all participants, PIs, and Dr. Christina Schütte for a successful and engaging Spring School.